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Central is a defined community in Minneapolis that consists of six smaller official neighborhoods around the downtown and central business core. It also includes the many old flour mills , the Mill District , and other historical and industrial areas of downtown Minneapolis.
This list includes notable permanent geographic sections in Minneapolis, such as unofficial neighborhood, commercial districts, residential areas, and other defined places. The list excludes streets, venues, transit stops, trails, government facilities, lakes, parks, and events.
Minneapolis skyline as viewed from the Warehouse District at night, 2017. The Warehouse District was a 19th- and early 20th-century rail and truck shipping center for the region. In the 1970s and 1980s it became an artists' quarter, and then a nightlife and entertainment district, which the southern portion (between I-394 and Hennepin Ave) remains.
The Met Council has 17 members, 16 of whom represent a geographic district in the seven-county area with one chair who serves at large. All members are appointed by the Governor of Minnesota and are reappointed with each new governor in office. [2] The Minnesota Senate may confirm or reject each appointment.
The Mayor of Minneapolis, currently a position held by a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), operates alongside the city council. The mayor's role was previously considered relatively weak compared to some other U.S. cities, but following a charter amendment in 2021, the mayor gained more power and the council was reduced to purely legislative duties.
The two towns prospered as a result of industries and businesses based around the falls, but business was better on the west side of the falls. Minneapolis incorporated as a city in 1867, and three years later it merged with the village of Saint Anthony. [1] Eventually, flour mills overtook sawmills as a dominant industry at the falls.
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Downtown West is an official neighborhood in Minneapolis, part of the larger Central community.It is the heart of downtown Minneapolis (and Minneapolis as a whole), containing the bulk of high-rise office buildings in the city, and is what comes to mind when most Minneapolitans think of "downtown".